Climate · Astana

Astana in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Astana is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Astana is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
15h 33mon average

Is May a good time to visit Astana?


A good month, just outside Astana's best months, which run in two parts: June, or August.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in May, against 16°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in May, against -9°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in May, against 19% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in May, against 40% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

15h 33m in May, against 7h 58m to 16h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. April55°13°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May70°21°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Astana sits, in May

Asia/Almaty

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:25 AMsets 7:56 PM
Above the sea
340 mlow-lying
Latitude
51.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Almaty971 km south-east

The land around Astana, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kazakhstan in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Astana. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.